Thomas Arthur Nelson

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Thomas Arthur Nelson (died on 9 April 1917, aged 40) was a Scottish rugby union player. He was killed in World War I serving with the Lothian and Border Horse.[1]

He played for Oxford University RFC and was capped for Scotland in 1898.[1]

The John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps is dedicated to him.

References

  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  1. 1.0 1.1 Bath, p109

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